You can find in this section some projects we accomplished and some projects we will undertake thanks to your support
Our projects
Wooden games Workshop (June-July 2010)
For the second consecutive year EJE is proud to present the 2010 wooden games project organized with the support of the French association “Secours Catholique”. This project will allow 12 Palestinian animators and volunteers to be trained by EJE Team for three days in the manufacture of wooden games. Then they will be able to transmit their knowledge to the Palestinian children through a six-day training during which 25 children from different refugees camps will build games by themselves.
Projects accomplished
Fraternity Cup (April 18 to April 28, France)
EJE has participated to the Fraternity Cup, organized by the Voice of the Child (VDE), with the assistance of Diambars Mani Football Forever and Laureus France. The cup has hold in France from 18 to 28 April 2010.
During this unique event, children from 12 countries (Senegal, Cameroon, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Palestine, Israel, Guyana, Norway, Romania, Morocco and India) have joined in |France to meet 4 French teams during a championship to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Fraternity Cup aims to educate young people about the universal themes of respect and tolerance in particular to: promote the fundamental values of sport and to serve society; meet and discover each other in their differences; and promote the mixing of cultures.
A reflection has been realized upstream with children about their rights and the necessity to fight against discrimination, racism and prejudice.
The EJE play and animation centers joined enthusiastically this beautiful project. Teams from all centers met in Bethlehem for a championship in January. This championship was the occasion for some, especially for girls, to actually discover football for the first time. If some proved initially very shy, they were able to subsequently assert themselves and enjoy the games, and three will travel to France alongside 4 boys, to compose a mixed team.
Preparations for the journey in France has been the opportunity to develop their knowledge of the game but also their rights. A specific training was organized in March.
Let’s create, invent, and play
“Let’s create, invent, and play”, is a project of training children in making wood games by themselves. Palestinian animators were trained so that they can lead workshops in the summer for around 100 children!
We would like to thank all our generous contributors for this project (Secours Catholique, AFPS Albertville, Peuple et Culture)
Go, Get and Grow
“Go, Get,Grow” is a summer camp for hundreds of Palestinian children, organized by EJE and its French partner Magny Loisirs. It was put in place through two phases: theoretical and practical guidelines and training for Palestinian animators and leaders and the establishment of educational activities for refugee children coming from the EJE play and animation centers from all over the West Bank.
Aiming at being a genuine recreation camp, this project took place from 21 to 26 June 2009, with the presence of Mr. Stéphane Hessel, Ambassador of France for Human Rights (the opening day). It aims to develop personal, social and cultural development of refugee children and vocational training for Palestinian professionals working with children in Palestine.
First Game Festival in Palestine
As part of the 20th anniversary of the signing and ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, EJE had offered a range of events during the last three months of 2009. One of these was the first Play Festival held in Palestine. It was be held in the Place of the Nativity and the Peace Centre in Bethlehem, from October 22 to 24. It was a great success with more than 200 games which were presented and over 700 hundreds participants.
Building up on this first sucess, EJE is now preparing other play festivals.
